The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Nov 2023
Interview
It was 3 round, 1. HR call: normal HR questions, 2. Coding: an algorithmic question, 3. System design: Designing a system based on the requirement.
Everyone was helpful and kind and there was not anything to complain.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding: a solution (algorithm) for a problem.
System design: How to scale every module? Data model, User journey or data flow.
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Other Senior Software Engineer interview reviews for Zalando
intial call with recruiter and then a coding assessment test. coding was leetcode medium level questions. after that was a live coding interview. for approx 1 hour and then a systems design interview for designing a payment system.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interviewer was looking desperately tired and unfocused. Didn't join the interview on time. I had to find someone else to ping him to join.
The questions were generic and related. However, it took 2 weeks for the interviewer to send the results of a basic questionnaire to move forward.
I was overall hugely disappointed with that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you ensure the application you are working on meets the performance requirements?
I interviewed at Zalando (Helsinki, Southern Finland)
Interview
The interview process id extremely time consuming. It has technical coding and general interview questions. The interviews may vary from team to team. The information is around four year old.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Many things, previous employer. Future plans. Coding
